ELIZABETH 11.05pm, Film4

Elizabeth I rises to the throne of a divided and troubled Britain, and the early years of her reign find her under pressure to marry and produce an heir – while enemies both overseas and within her own court plot to bring about her downfall. Shekhar Kapur’s historical drama, starring Cate Blanchett, Christopher Eccleston, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes, Kathy Burke, Fanny Ardant, Richard Attenborough, James Frain, John Gielgud and Eric Cantona.